Advisory Archive
At 6 a.m. it is snowing in the mountains. Bridger Bowl and the Yellowstone Club have 8” of snow, 3-4” at Big Sky, Taylor Fork and Cooke City, and 1” in Hyalite and West Yellowstone. Wind is southwest at 10-15 mph with gusts of 35 mph and mountain temperatures are 10-15 F. Scattered showers will bring 2-4” by tomorrow morning with southwest wind at 15-25 mph. Friday looks to be sunny and more snow is expected this weekend.
In the last 24 hours Cooke City picked up 6” of snow and 1” fell at West Yellowstone. Wind is from the southwest at 15-20 mph with gusts of 45 mph. Mountain temperatures are in the high teens to low 20s F. Today will be cloudy with scattered snow showers, decreasing southwest wind and steady temperatures. By tomorrow morning the mountains will have 1-2” with Cooke City seeing 2-4”. Snow is expected to continue into Friday.
In the last 24 hours, snow favored the southern ranges with 8-10” in Cooke City and West Yellowstone, 2-3” around Big Sky and trace elsewhere. Winds are 10-20 mph from the west to southwest in the southern mountains and 15-30 mph in the northern ranges and temperatures are in the teens to low 20s F. Today, winds will be 25-35 mph from the southwest with temperatures in the 30s F. Cooke City will receive an additional 6-8” of snow by Wednesday morning, Lionhead will get 1-3” and the other ranges will get a trace.
Yesterday the mountains got 1-2” of new snow. Overnight west-southwest wind increased to 25-40 mph with gusts of 40-55 mph. This morning temperatures are single digits to mid-teens F. Today temperatures will be teens to low 20s F with west wind at 25-50 mph. Snow today and tonight will favor the mountains near Cooke City with 8-10” possible by morning. The mountains near West Yellowstone will get 3-5”, and near Bozeman and Big Sky will get 1-2”.
Yesterday afternoon a quick storm dropped 1-2” of snow near Bozeman, Big Sky and Cooke City. West-southwest wind was strong at 20-35 mph with gusts to 40-60 mph for most of yesterday. This morning west wind is 15-30 mph and temperatures are single digits to low teens F. Today, temperatures will be teens to low 20s F and wind will remain westerly at 15-30 mph. This afternoon light snow showers will begin with 2-4” possible near Cooke City and West Yellowstone, and 1-2” elsewhere by morning. More snow is expected tomorrow with highest amounts near Cooke City.
Three inches of new snow fell yesterday morning in Cooke City. Less than an inch fell elsewhere across the advisory area. Winds are 20-30 mph out of the south and west, with gusts into the 40s and 50s mph near Bozeman and Big Sky. Winds are lighter near Cooke City and West Yellowstone, at 10-20 mph. Temperatures vary widely this morning, from the high teens to low 30s F. Temps will rise into the high 20s and mid-30s F today. Winds will be 20-30 mph out of the southwest, with gusts up to 40 mph. Snowfall this afternoon will bring 1-3 inches by tomorrow morning.
A trace to an inch of new snow fell since yesterday morning. West and southwest winds are 20-30 mph with gusts up to 40 mph near Bozeman and Big Sky. Near West Yellowstone and Cooke City, winds are 10 mph with gusts to 30 mph. Temperatures are in the teens to low 20s F this morning and will rise into the 20s and low 30s F today. Scattered showers will bring a dusting to two inches of new snow by tomorrow morning, with winds staying steady.
Snow yesterday followed by a strong pulse last night dropped 8” in the Bridger Range, 6” in Hyalite and 13” in Big Sky. In the southern ranges, Cooke City has 6”, Carrot Basin 5” and 2” at Lionhead. Ridgetop winds are from the west and averaging 20-30 mph with gusts of 45 mph and temperatures are in the teens. Scattered showers today and tonight will drop another couple of inches with decreasing wind.
At 5 a.m. the mountains around Bozeman, Big Sky and Cooke City have 3-5” of new snow while the southern ranges to West Yellowstone have 6-8”. Winds are west to southwest at 20-35 mph with gusts of 60 mph in Hyalite. Temperatures are in the low 20s F in the north and 10 F in the south. Today, winds will lessen to 20 mph and temperatures will cool to the teens and single digits. By tonight an additional 4-6” will fall with 8” in Cooke City.
There was no new snow in our advisory area in the last 24 hours. This morning, mountain temperatures are in the single digits to teens F and winds are 10-20 mph out of the west to southwest. Winds are stronger in the Bridger Range and are currently blowing 20-35 mph from the west. The New Year will start right with snow beginning this afternoon and 6-10” falling by morning. Winds will blow 20-30 mph from the southwest and temperatures will rise into the 20s to low 30s.
